Sky Tonight—March 27, Use the Big Dipper to locate the Hunting Dogs
ind two Hunting Dogs seen by the ancient stargazers to be nipping at the Bear’s heels.
Sky Tonight—January 23, Eridanus-a winding river of stars
Eridanus is one of the longest and faintest constellations.
Sky Tonight—January 21, Identify the Winter Circle and winter’s brightest stars
This pattern of stars is not a constellation. It is many separate stars in different constellations.
Sky Tonight—January 3, Quadrantid meteors for Asia and Europe before dawn January 4
Two major events will take place tomorrow – on Tuesday, January 4 – a meteor shower and a solar eclipse.
Sky Tonight—December 31, See brightest star at midnight
Sirius is highest in the sky at midnight every New Year’s.
Sky Tonight—December 30, Moon and Venus will shine before dawn tomorrow
The final morning of 2010 – tomorrow morning, December 31 – will feature the moon with the planet Venus in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Sky Tonight—December 29, Moon and Venus before dawn tomorrow
If you look in the eastern predawn sky in the coming mornings, you will find the moon and planet Venus close together
Sky Tonight—December 28, Find a variable star in Lyra
This evening, we zoom in on a variable star – a star whose brightness changes
Sky Tonight—December 27, Moon, bright star, two planets before dawn
Before dawn tomorrow (Tuesday, December 28), look in the east for the planet Saturn and star Spica near the last quarter moon.
Sky Tonight— December 24, Moon approaching Regulus
After they rise tonight, Regulus will chase the moon westward across the sky.